Example sentences of "[pron] could make [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Yet if I could make him notice me perhaps he might consider my suitability as a wife . |
| 2 | I longed to prove you were unfaithful to him so I could make him throw you over — I felt like a monster with every ungenerous thought that flickered through my mind . |
| 3 | It was only a one-sided lock , which is completely and totally different to an ordinary lock er working both sides , you see what I mean and er I er I 'd got to er make a key , number thirty-nine just like that , see but I had it and I could find out what thirty-nine was and I could make them one and send it and knowing it would fit see and er when they had different people working there , you know staff , things like that , not a lot of orders but er somebody else come . |
| 4 | But the family were often sad , and I wished I could make them happy . |
| 5 | Dholuo was the language and I knew I was an encumbrance until I could make myself understood . |
| 6 | Maybe if I could make myself invisible , then I could walk down a street without feeling on trial for the way I look . |
| 7 | She was 5ft 4in ( ’ though I could make myself 5ft 5in ’ ) , had a 23in waist ( ’ yes , I was a normal girl ’ ) , and could kick so high that two legs became a straight line . |
| 8 | I could make myself attractive enough to him ? ’ |
| 9 | If I held my breath long enough , I could make myself faint . |
| 10 | As soon as he found out I knew about cameras and all that , he realised I could make myself useful round the studio , so I sort of moved in . |
| 11 | ‘ Biddy , I wish I could make myself fall in love with you ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And I thought I could make mine by designing and making better products , and selling them to the world , ’ said Mark . |
| 13 | ‘ I could make you better . |
| 14 | I wish I could make you happy , ’ he said , so sweetly and gently that I was ashamed of the laughter building up inside me , and of the thought , why he 's old enough to be my father . |
| 15 | ‘ If only I could make you see how wonderful it is . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I could make you very unhappy , ’ he said in a low growl . |
| 17 | ‘ I knew how I could make you feel , ’ he corrected , ‘ but there 's a great deal of difference between bodily chemistry and love . |
| 18 | ‘ I could make you an offer for it when this is over . |
| 19 | ‘ I could make you take that back , ’ he said , his voice a low growl very close to her ear . |
| 20 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 21 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I could make your contract disappear ? ’ |
| 22 | I thought that I could make my contribution by joining the Trade Union movement , and improve things from there . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I could make my mark , Miss , ’ he ventured . |
| 24 | Handwriting , I could make my handwriting neater , larger , I could try joining my handwriting have the letters joined , some people are still more comfortable printing in year seven . |
| 25 | Perhaps now I could make my own bread ! |
| 26 | Said he 'd bailed me out once and he would n't do so again , I could make my own way . |
| 27 | You love it here , and I could make it possible for you to remain here . |
| 28 | I thought I could make it on my own here , but I 'm not so certain now . |
| 29 | ‘ But I would always have regretted it if I had turned down the chance to find out whether I could make it at this level . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well , I could make it werf yer while , ’ she said fluttering her eyelashes at him . |